Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 13, 2016
LOT 492
NAVETTE-SHAPED RING WATCH GOLD Du Pont Geneve, Made circa 1800. Very fine and extremely rare, 18K gold, enamel and rose-cut diamond-set ring watch with visible balance.
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
HKD 48,000 - 64,000 / USD 6,000 - 8,000
Two-body, navette-shaped, the bezel decorated with green champlevé enamel and gold stylized flower heads on a blue champlevé enamel ground, sliding cover opening to reveal apertures for winding, hand-setting and regulation, the shank with foliate shoulders. White enamel, navette-shaped, chapter ring in the lower half with Arabic numerals, outer dot minute divisions and Arabic quarter-hour numerals, aperture for the visible rose-cut diamond-set balance in the upper half with mirror-polished plate. Blued steel spear hands. 29.5 x 16 mm., navette-shaped, matte gilt, going barrel, cylinder escapement, blued steel flat balance spring, rose-cut diamond-set balance visible through the dial.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3-8* |
Good Slightly scratched Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 4-13-01 |
Fair Slightly damaged HANDS Original |